List of Minnesota North Stars draft picks

This is a complete list of ice hockey players who were drafted in the National Hockey League Entry Draft by the Minnesota North Stars franchise. It includes every player the franchise drafted prior to their move to Dallas, from 1967 to 1992, regardless of whether they played for the team.

The North Stars selected Mike Modano 1st overall in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft.

Key edit

 #  Played at least one game with the North Stars
 ↑  Spent entire NHL career with the North Stars
(†) Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame

Draft picks edit

Draft Round Pick Player Nationality Pos GP G A Pts PIM W L T GAA
1967 1 4 Wayne Cheesman   Canada LW
1967 2 13 Larry Mick   Canada RW
1968 1 5 Jim Benzelock   Canada RW
1968 2 15 Marc Rioux   Canada C
1968 3 22 Glen Lindsay   Canada G
1969 1 5 Dick Redmond#   Canada D 771 133 312 445 504
1969 2 14 Dennis O'Brien#   Canada D 592 31 91 122 1017
1969 3 25 Gilles Gilbert#   Canada G 416 0 9 9 110 192 143 60 3.27
1969 4 37 Fred O'Donnell   Canada RW 115 15 11 26 98
1969 5 49 Pierre Jutras   Canada LW
1969 6 61 Rob Walton   Canada C
1969 7 72 Rick Thompson   Canada D
1969 8 78 Cal Russell   Canada RW
1970 2 17 Buster Harvey#   Canada RW 407 90 118 208 131
1970 2 20 Fred Barrett#   Canada D 745 25 123 148 671
1970 3 34 Dennis Patterson   Canada D 138 6 22 28 67
1970 4 48 Dave Cressman   Canada LW 85 6 8 14 37
1970 5 62 Hank Lehvonen   Canada D 4 0 0 0 0
1970 6 76 Murray McNeil   Canada W
1970 7 89 Gary Geldart   Canada D 4 0 0 0 5
1970 8 101 Mickey Donaldson   Canada LW
1971 2 21 Rod Norrish   Canada LW 21 3 3 6 2
1971 3 35 Ron Wilson   Canada D
1971 4 49 Mike Legge   Canada D
1971 5 63 Brian McBratney   Canada D
1971 6 77 Alan Globensky   Canada D
1971 7 91 Bruce Abbey   Canada D
1971 8 105 Russ Friesen   Canada C
1971 9 113 Mike Antonovich#   United States C 87 10 15 25 37
1971 10 117 Richard Coutu   Canada G
1972 1 12 Jerry Byers#   Canada F 45 3 4 7 15
1972 3 44 Terry Ryan   Canada C
1972 4 60 Tom Thomson   Canada D
1972 5 76 Chris Ahrens   United States D 52 0 3 3 84
1972 6 92 Steve West   Canada C
1972 7 108 Chris Meloff   Canada D
1972 8 116 Scott MacPhail   Canada RW
1972 8 124 Bob Lundeen   United States RW
1972 9 140 Glen Mikkelson   Canada RW
1972 10 145 Steve Lyon   Canada RW 3 0 0 0 2
1972 10 147 Juri Kudrasovs   Canada C
1972 10 148 Marcel Comeau   Canada C
1973 2 18 Blake Dunlop#   Canada F 550 130 274 404 172
1973 2 25 John Rogers   Canada RW 14 2 4 6 0
1973 3 41 Rick Chinnick   Canada F 4 0 2 2 0
1973 4 57 Tom Colley   Canada C 1 0 0 0 2
1973 5 73 Lowell Ostlund   Canada D
1973 6 89 David Lee   Canada LW
1973 7 105 Lou Nistico   Canada LW 3 0 0 0 6
1973 8 121 George Beveridge   Canada D
1973 9 136 Jim Johnston   Canada C
1973 10 152 Sam Clegg   Canada G
1973 11 161 Russ Wiechnik   Canada C
1973 11 163 Max Hansen   United States LW
1974 1 6 Doug Hicks#   Canada D 561 37 131 168 442
1974 2 24 Rich Nantais   Canada LW 63 5 4 9 79
1974 3 42 Pete LoPresti#   United States G 175 0 3 3 6 43 102 20 4.07
1974 4 60 Kim MacDougall   Canada D 1 0 0 0 0
1974 5 78 Ron Ashton   Canada LW
1974 6 96 John Sheridan   United States C
1974 7 114 Dave Heitz   United States G
1974 8 131 Roland Eriksson#   Sweden C 193 48 95 143 26
1974 9 148 Dave Staffen   Canada F
1974 10 164 Brian Andersen   Canada D
1974 11 179 Duane Bray   Canada D
1974 12 193 Don Hay   Canada RW
1974 13 205 Brian Holderness   Canada G
1974 14 215 Frank Taylor   Canada D
1974 15 222 Jeff Hymanson   United States D
1975 1 4 Bryan Maxwell#   Canada D 331 18 77 95 745
1975 3 40 Paul Harrison#   Canada G 109 0 1 1 28 28 59 9 4.22
1975 3 41 Alex Pirus#   Canada C 159 30 28 58 94
1975 4 58 Steve Jensen#   United States LW 438 113 108 221 318
1975 5 76 Dave Norris   Canada LW
1975 6 94 Greg Clause   Canada RW
1975 7 112 Francois Robert   Canada D
1975 8 130 Dean Magee   Canada C 7 0 0 0 4
1975 9 147 Terry Angel   Canada RW
1975 10 163 Michel Blais   Canada D
1975 11 177 Earl Sargent   United States W
1975 12 190 Gilles Cloutier   Canada G
1976 1 3 Glen Sharpley#   Canada C 389 117 161 278 199
1976 2 31 Jim Roberts   Canada LW 106 17 23 40 33
1976 3 39 Don Jackson#   United States D 315 16 52 68 640
1976 3 51 Ron Zanussi#   Canada RW 299 52 83 135 373
1976 4 57 Mike Fedorko   Canada D
1976 5 75 Phil Verchota   United States F
1976 6 93 Dave Delich   United States C
1976 7 110 Jeff Barr   United States D
1977 1 7 Brad Maxwell#   Canada D 612 98 270 368 1292
1977 2 25 Dave Semenko   Canada LW 575 65 88 153 1175
1977 4 61 Kevin McCloskey   United States D
1977 5 79 Bob Parent   Canada D
1977 6 97 Jamie Gallimore   Canada RW 2 0 0 0 0
1977 7 115 Jean-Pierre Sanvido   Canada G
1977 8 130 Greg Tebbutt   Canada D 26 0 3 3 35
1977 9 145 Keith Hanson   United States D 25 0 2 2 77
1978 1 1 Bobby Smith#   Canada F 1077 357 679 1036 915
1978 2 19 Steve Payne   Canada F 613 228 238 466 435
1978 2 24 Steve Christoff#   United States C 248 77 64 141 108
1978 4 54 Curt Giles#   Canada D 895 43 199 242 733
1978 5 70 Roy Kerling   Canada C
1978 6 87 Bob Bergloff   United States D 2 0 0 0 5
1978 7 104 Kim Spencer   Canada D
1978 8 121 Mike Cotter   Canada D
1978 9 138 Brent Gogol   Canada RW
1978 10 155 Mike Seide   United States D
1979 1 6 Craig Hartsburg   Canada D 570 98 315 413 818
1979 1 10 Tom McCarthy#   Canada F 460 178 221 399 330
1979 3 42 Neal Broten#   United States C 1099 289 634 923 569
1979 3 63 Kevin Maxwell#   Canada F 66 6 15 21 61
1979 5 90 Jim Dobson#   Canada RW 12 0 0 0 6
1979 6 111 Brian Gualazzi   Canada C
1980 1 16 Brad Palmer#   Canada LW 168 32 38 70 58
1980 2 37 Don Beaupre#   Canada G 667 0 8 8 283 268 277 75 3.45
1980 3 53 Randy Velischek#   Canada D 509 21 76 97 401
1980 4 79 Mark Huglen   United States F
1980 5 100 David Jensen   United States D 18 0 2 2 11
1980 6 121 Dan Zavarise   Canada D
1980 7 142 Bill Stewart   Canada F
1980 8 163 Jeff Walters   Canada RW
1980 9 184 Bob Lakso   United States LW
1980 10 205 Dave Richter#   Canada D 365 9 40 49 1030
1981 1 13 Ron Meighan#   Canada D 48 3 7 10 18
1981 2 27 Dave Donnelly   Canada F 137 15 24 39 150
1981 2 31 Mike Sands   Canada G 6 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 5.17
1981 2 33 Tom Hirsch   United States D 31 1 7 8 30
1981 2 34 Dave Preuss   United States RW
1981 2 41 Jali Wahlsten   Finland F
1981 4 69 Terry Tait   Canada LW
1981 4 76 Jim Malwitz   United States C
1981 5 97 Kelly Hubbard   Canada D
1981 6 118 Paul Guay   United States RW 117 11 23 34 92
1981 7 139 Jim Archibald   Canada RW 16 1 2 3 45
1981 8 160 Kari Kanervo   Finland C
1981 9 181 Scott Bjugstad#   United States F 317 76 68 144 144
1981 10 202 Steve Kudebeh   United States G
1982 1 2 Brian Bellows#   Canada RW 1188 485 537 1022 718
1982 3 59 Wally Chapman   United States C
1982 4 80 Bob Rouse#   Canada D 1061 37 181 218 1559
1982 4 81 Dusan Pasek   Slovakia C 48 4 10 14 30
1982 5 101 Marty Wiitala   United States C
1982 6 122 Todd Carlile   United States D
1982 7 143 Viktor Zhluktov   Russia F
1982 8 164 Paul Miller   United States D
1982 9 185 Pat Micheletti   United States C 12 2 0 2 8
1982 10 206 Arnold Kadlec   Czech Republic D
1982 11 227 Scott Knutson   United States LW
1983 1 1 Brian Lawton#   United States LW 483 112 154 266 401
1983 2 36 Malcolm Parks   Canada F
1983 2 38 Frank Musil#   Czech Republic D 797 34 106 140 1241
1983 3 56 Mitch Messier   Canada RW 20 0 2 2 11
1983 4 76 Brian Durand   United States C
1983 5 96 Rich Geist   United States F
1983 6 116 Tom McComb   United States D
1983 7 136 Sean Toomey   United States C 1 0 0 0 0
1983 8 156 Don Biggs#   Canada C 12 2 0 2 8
1983 9 176 Paul Pulis   United States RW
1983 10 196 Milos Riha   Czech Republic F
1983 11 212 Oldrich Valek   Czech Republic RW
1983 12 236 Paul Roff   United States RW
1984 1 13 David Quinn   United States D
1984 3 46 Ken Hodge#   Canada C 142 39 48 87 32
1984 4 76 Miroslav Maly   Germany D
1984 5 89 Jiri Poner   Czech Republic F
1984 5 97 Kari Takko#   Finland G 142 0 2 2 30 37 71 14 3.90
1984 6 118 Gary McColgan   Canada LW
1984 7 139 Vladimir Kyhos   Czech Republic F
1984 8 160 Darin McInnis   United States G
1984 9 181 Duane Wahlin   United States F
1984 10 201 Mike Orn   United States RW
1984 11 222 Tom Terwilliger   United States D
1984 12 242 Mike Nightengale   United States D
1985 3 51 Stephane Roy   Canada C 12 1 0 1 0
1985 4 69 Mike Berger   Canada D 30 3 1 4 67
1985 5 90 Dwight Mullins   Canada RW
1985 6 111 Mike Mullowney   United States D
1985 7 132 Mike Kelfer   United States C
1985 8 153 Ross Johnson   United States LW
1985 9 174 Tim Helmer   Canada RW
1985 10 195 Gordie Ernst   United States F
1985 11 216 Ladislav Lubina   Czech Republic F
1985 12 237 Tommy Sjodin#   Sweden D 106 8 40 48 52
1986 1 12 Warren Babe   Canada LW 21 2 5 7 23
1986 2 30 Neil Wilkinson#   Canada D 460 16 67 83 813
1986 2 33 Dean Kolstad#   Canada D 40 1 7 8 69
1986 3 54 Rick Bennett   United States LW 15 1 1 2 13
1986 3 55 Rob Zettler#   Canada D 569 5 65 70 920
1986 3 58 Brad Turner   Canada D 3 0 0 0 0
1986 4 75 Kirk Tomlinson   Canada LW 1 0 0 0 0
1986 5 96 Jari Gronstrand#   Finland D 185 8 26 34 135
1986 8 159 Scott Mathias   United States F
1986 9 180 Lance Pitlick   United States D 393 16 33 49 298
1986 10 201 Dan Keczmer#   United States D 235 8 38 46 212
1986 11 222 Garth Joy   Canada D
1986 12 243 Kurt Stahura   United States LW
1986 S 15 Brian McKee   Canada D
1987 1 6 Dave Archibald#   Canada RW 323 57 67 124 139
1987 2 35 Scott McCrady   Canada D
1987 3 48 Kevin Kaminski#   Canada C 139 3 10 13 528
1987 4 73 John Weisbrod   United States C
1987 5 88 Teppo Kivela   Finland F
1987 6 109 Darcy Norton   Canada LW
1987 7 130 Timo Kulonen   Finland D
1987 8 151 Don Schmidt   Canada D
1987 9 172 Jarmo Myllys#   Finland G 39 0 1 1 4 4 27 1 5.23
1987 10 193 Larry Olimb   United States C
1987 11 214 Marc Felicio   United States G
1987 12 235 Dave Shields   Canada C
1987 S 4 Shawn Chambers#   United States D 625 50 185 235 364
1987 S 8 Rick Boh   Canada C 8 2 1 3 4
1988 1 1 Mike Modano#†   United States C 1499 561 813 1374 926
1988 2 40 Link Gaetz#   Canada D 65 6 8 14 412
1988 3 43 Shaun Kane   United States D
1988 4 64 Jeff Stolp   United States G
1988 8 148 Ken MacArthur   Canada D
1988 9 169 Travis Richards   United States D 3 0 0 0 2
1988 10 190 Ari Matilainen   Finland F
1988 11 211 Grant Bischoff   United States F
1988 12 232 Trent Andison   United States W
1988 S 1 Mike McHugh#   United States LW 20 1 0 1 16
1988 S 6 Dave Schofield   United States D
1989 1 7 Doug Zmolek   United States D 467 11 53 64 905
1989 2 28 Mike Craig#   Canada RW 423 71 97 168 550
1989 3 60 Murray Garbutt   Canada C
1989 4 75 J. F. Quintin   Canada LW 22 5 5 10 4
1989 5 87 Pat MacLeod#   Canada D 53 5 13 18 14
1989 5 91 Bryan Schoen   Canada G
1989 5 97 Rhys Hollyman   Canada D
1989 6 112 Scott Cashman   Canada G
1989 8 154 Jon Pratt   United States LW
1989 9 175 Ken Blum   United States LW
1989 10 196 Arturs Irbe   Latvia G 568 0 9 9 90 218 236 79 2.83
1989 11 217 Tom Pederson   United States D 240 20 49 69 142
1989 12 238 Helmuts Balderis   Latvia RW 26 3 6 9 2
1989 S 12 Jamie Loewen   Canada G
1990 1 8 Derian Hatcher#   United States D 1045 80 251 331 1581
1990 3 50 Laurie Billeck   Canada D
1990 4 70 Cal McGowan   United States C
1990 4 71 Frank Kovacs   Canada LW
1990 5 92 Enrico Ciccone#   Canada D 374 10 18 28 1469
1990 6 113 Roman Turek   Czech Republic G 328 0 12 12 30 159 115 43 2.31
1990 7 134 Jeff Levy   United States G
1990 8 155 Doug Barrault#   United States RW 4 0 0 0 2
1990 9 176 Joe Biondi   United States C
1990 10 197 Troy Binnie   Canada LW
1990 11 218 Ole Dahlstrom   Norway C
1990 12 239 J. P. McKersie   United States G
1990 S 13 Rod Houk   Canada G
1991 1 8 Richard Matvichuk#   Canada D 796 39 139 178 624
1991 4 74 Mike Torchia   Canada G 6 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 3.30
1991 5 97 Mike Kennedy   Canada C 145 16 36 52 112
1991 6 118 Mark Lawrence   Canada RW 142 18 26 44 115
1991 7 137 Geoff Finch   Canada G
1991 8 174 Michael Burkett   Canada LW
1991 9 184 Derek Herlofsky   United States G
1991 10 206 Tom Nemeth   Canada D
1991 11 228 Shayne Green   Canada C
1991 12 250 Jukka Suomalainen   Finland D
1991 S 14 Dan O'Shea   United States F
1992 2 34 Jarkko Varvio   Finland RW 13 3 4 7 4
1992 3 58 Jeff Bes   Canada C
1992 4 88 Jere Lehtinen   Finland RW 875 243 271 514 210
1992 6 130 Mike Johnson   Canada D
1992 7 154 Kyle Peterson   Canada LW
1992 8 178 Juha Lind   Finland LW 133 9 13 22 20
1992 9 202 Lars Edstrom   Sweden LW
1992 10 226 Jeff Romfo   United States RW
1992 11 250 Jeff Moen   United States G

See also edit

References edit

  • "All-time roster for the Minnesota North Stars of the NHL". The Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
  • "Minnesota North Stars Draft History". The Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
  • "Minnesota North Stars Draft History". Hockey Draft Central. Retrieved May 27, 2014.